13th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Kestrel in Flight

Rehabilitated Kestrel spreading his wings. This is a photo taken of a kestrel that was being rehabilitated at a wildlife rehabilitation center in Michigan. When I captured this photo he was sitting on a wood stump and started to flap his wings to fly.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 02.2014
Date Uploaded: 07.2015
Photo Location: Michigan, United States of America
Camera: NIKON D40
Copyright: © Michelle Detering